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And We Give Thanks
As Thanksgiving approaches and thoughts tum to returning
thanks for the blessings with which we have been bestowed, the
Proscript photographers found the view of historic St. John's
awrch particularly appropriate for the season.
801 WEST FRANKLIN 8TREI!:T
RK,'HMOND, VIRUINIA ...
SGA adopts budget,
hikes officers' pay,
cuts annual salaries
In two emergency joint sessions of
the student congress Sunday and
Wednesday nights, budgets totaling
$74,000 for SGA organizations were
adopted. The budgets now go to the
acting provost for his final approval.
The legislators revised three figures
in the budget recommendations of
John NOICutt, SGA president. NOICutt
had acted as a budget committee under
the emergency clause of the SGA
constitution, in the wake oflast week's
resignation by SGA treasurer, Ernest
Roane.
Included in the 1968-69 figures
approved by the join t session were cu ts
from the 1967-68 scholarships for
editors of the Cobblestone " new
scholarships for principal editors of the
Image and Spectrum magazines and
scholarship increases for SGA officers
ranging downward from a boost of
more than 100 per cent in the sum
paid to the SGA president.
Also, the congress took $2,000
from the Lecture and Concert
committee and gave it to the Concert
and Dance committee.
-'
The end of Wednesday night's
session, the joint session of the SGA
House and Senate voted to take 5 per
cen t of all organization's budget totals
and contribute the sum to a SGA
budget contingency fund. This move
was preceded by warm debate.
Norcutt told the SGA members that
t he $3,242 voted earlier for the
contingency fund would not cover
necessary requests and expenditures
during the year. The con tingency fund
is drawn upon by organizations which
go over their aIloted budgets, and also
by organizations which have not
submitted requests for funds from the
SGA.
Referring to the decision to slice off
5 per cent of the total, Brydon DeWitt,
student activities director, told the
SGA members, "I think the student
government is creating a situation
where student groups will have to
come back and ask for money from the
SGA contingency fund by taking 5 per
cent from them."
know where they wan t their budpta
cut so I can present these to the
provost."
The sum of $11,760, the largest
portion of the total budget went to the
Concert and Dance committee.
Originally, the SGA had approved a
$12,000 budget for the committee on
Sunday night. However, after hearing
the requests of WJRB, campus radio
station, WedneSday night, a motion
was passed to take $240 from the
Concert and Dance budget and allocate
it to WJRB.
In discussion of the needs of WJRB,
it was brought out that with the extra
$240, the station would be able to
(Continued on Page 4)
Dormitory
evacuated
esearch bureau plans
urse evaluation report
Norcutt told the congress, "Some
groups have said they can't possiblycut
their budget; bull, anyone can cut their
budget. There is no one on this budget
that cannot afford a 5 per cent cut."
When questioned later about the 5
per cent addition, Norcutt said, "the
budget committee will be able to to
review any further requests. Thus the
budget committee will have the
opportunity to make a decision on the
further needs of any organization."
Norcutt added, "The 5 per cent will be
cut where the groups feel it is most
appropriate. AU groups should let me
An overheated boiler caused an
evacuation of Monroe Terrace Tuesday
night. Twelve fire engines from six
companies answered the 7 p.m, alarm..
The girls assembled in Monroe Park
as firemen blocked traffic and searched
the basement. One of the fire captains
attributed the smoke and fumes to a
faulty smoke stack.
"While repairing the regular stack,"
he explained, "another stack was set
up temporarily. The temporary one
was too short to remove the heat
effectively. It created a down draft
which caused smoke to back up in the
boiler room. "
A. McGowan , Psy4
head of the bureau, said
to be sold in Mayor April
was part of John NorcuU's
It will have comments on
courses and different aspects
those courses: number of exams in
!be class, outside reading, size of the
daIS, term papers. Also, the lype of
profcsror, his nervous habits-annyoing
or distracting, and how closely his
lectures follow the book
"Due to a very limiied number of
people working on the project, we
cannot have a preliminary study, so we
are holding a literature study in its
Pl~ce by writing to different
lIRIYenities and asking for pu blished
booklets and how they managed to
solve problenlS like distribution of
questionnaires to students.
"Many students don't bother to fill
them out, so those in charge of
distribution must account for the
questionnaires they distribu teo This is
difficult with such a small number of
workers," Kathi said.
Another problem faced by the
bureall is faculty opposition, she
explained. ''1be faculty has many good
reasons for its feelings. They feel the
evaluation could be pretty sarcastiC. It
ro11ld be misused. The bureau has sent
"In order to have valid surveys, the
questionnaires inust reach a certain
num ber of students and must be
returned by a certain time. This is
one of ou.r major problems. There are
about five students to distribute 2000
questionnaires.
Street widening idea
opposed by Senate
The Senate passed a motion
T~~ night urging students and
~dl~lInrstration to sign a petition
IDcJjca~ng disapproval of the proposed
Voidenrng of Harrison Street. .
During the discussion of the
IDOtion, members of the Senate
~re~sed the feeling that the proposed
'lridenrng .of the Itreet migh t affect the
CooatruCbon of the new art building.
Senator Frank Wasky supported the
IDOtron by saying, "Many of our
:dents gather at the Village and
leh'" and the widening of Harrison
Itreet Could Very caJlily put thelle
Cltabllshmenl. out of bu,incSl." !he House and Senate both look :UOn this week in electing members
p_ ser:e On the conltitution revision
-umJtIee.
The two members of the committee
elected from the House were Jay
Ma.ngan and Robert Davis. The Senate
elected Frank Wasky.
Linda DuTeil was also approved as a
member.at·large on the committee.
In conjunction with these
appointments, the president of the
SGA announced that the first meeting
of the constitu tional revi sions
committee will be December 2 at 8
p.m. in room 2-A of the Student
Center.
In other action Monday night, the
Hou se pa ssed • motion whi ch
instructed Steve Burns, Speaker of the
Hou se, to make th e necenary
arrangements and ex tend an invitation
to State Se n. Henry Howell, an
announ c ed ca ndidate f or th e
Democratic nomination for governor
(Con tinued on Page 4)
letters to the faculty, inviting it to
attend the meetings, but so far only
one professor has responded," Kathi
commented·
"At our last meeting, the professor
indicated that there was a lack of
communication between the faculty
and the bureau. The faculty and the
bureau didn't understand each others'
feelings about the course evaluation.
"He also pointed out that there
would be protection for the student
who filled out the questionnaire. If a
student gave his professor a poor
evaluation which the professor read,
the student might receive an 'I'" for the
semester. He would be protected by
leaving out any method of
identification.
"Many professors oppose the book
because they are afraid we will go
about the evaluation in a half· baked
way and that the purpose is for the
studenL~ to go around yelling 'student
power.' That is not so. Our purpose is
10 increase communication with the
professors. TIley will know if they are
coming across to the studcn ts."
''1be course evaluation has also bad
opposition in iL~ wording. Some
professors have been interviewed and
said that it sounded as if the students
were evaluating the professor. We
changed the name to 'course review,'
and this has not helped. TIle profcssors
interpret 'review' as 'evaluate,' so we
changed it back to evaluation. It's
useless to change the words. They end
up meaning the same.
"We really need support for our
project to be successful," Kathi said.
"We wan I to know faculty's feeUng
1I0W, not when we are ready to
publish. Student help is also badly
nCeded. Many studellis on campus do
not evell know we exist. We need their
support very much,"
Meetings arc held each Tuesday at
2p.m_, in 2C of rhe Student ('enter.
Election of treasurer
slated December 6
Election of a new Student
Government Association Treasurer will
be held Friday, December 6, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. The special election
became necessary with the resignation
of Ernest Roane, former treasurer.
Frances McKibbon, chairman of the
vacation
next week
All nigh t classes are cancelled I
nex t week. Classes will not meet
because the Thanksgiving
holiday cuts Ule week in half,
and some of Ule Evening College
classes would meet the
equivalent of one week more
than others.
Day classes end at I p.m.
Wednesday for the hoUday.
Chalkley House and Rhoads
HaU will be open during the
Thanksgiving vacation to
accommodate Ulose who cannot
.go home.
Dornlitory students who are
going home must return to their
r esidence halls by the time
des ignated on their sign-out
cards.
All throe cafeterias will close
at 1I00n Wednesday and reopen
Sunday, December t, for dinner.
Cla.,ses will resume .t 8 a.m.
on Monday, December 2,
Board of EJections, said that the board
had set up certain rules concerning the
election.
All candidates must be full·time (at
least 12 semester hours) under·
graduate students at GAD of VCU.
Each candidate must have either a C
average from the previous semester or
an overall C average for his school
career.
Each candidate must present a
petition of 50 signatures of full· time,
under-graduate students of any class
and department registered at GAD of
VCU to the SGA office no later than
Tuesday, November 26, at 4 p.m.
Each petition is subject to
validation of each name and any
invalid signatures will void the entire
petition.
If the board deems it necessary to
void any petition, the candidate will
have 24 hours to replace invalid
signatures wiUI valid one .
Frances said that expenditures for
the election may not exceed S50 for
each candidate.
She added that expenditure fonns
must be completed and turned in to
Ule SGA office no later than ThuISday,
' December 5, by 4 p.m.
Each candidate must submit thlt-'e 8
x 10 photographs to rhe SGA office no
later th.n December 5, 4 p.m.
The chainnan of the board said tllat
no wri tlen campaigning in any form,
phnlcal material, or news media nre to
be posted, distributed, released or
broadcast before 8 a.m .. November 27.
(Continlled on Page 4)

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

And We Give Thanks
As Thanksgiving approaches and thoughts tum to returning
thanks for the blessings with which we have been bestowed, the
Proscript photographers found the view of historic St. John's
awrch particularly appropriate for the season.
801 WEST FRANKLIN 8TREI!:T
RK,'HMOND, VIRUINIA ...
SGA adopts budget,
hikes officers' pay,
cuts annual salaries
In two emergency joint sessions of
the student congress Sunday and
Wednesday nights, budgets totaling
$74,000 for SGA organizations were
adopted. The budgets now go to the
acting provost for his final approval.
The legislators revised three figures
in the budget recommendations of
John NOICutt, SGA president. NOICutt
had acted as a budget committee under
the emergency clause of the SGA
constitution, in the wake oflast week's
resignation by SGA treasurer, Ernest
Roane.
Included in the 1968-69 figures
approved by the join t session were cu ts
from the 1967-68 scholarships for
editors of the Cobblestone " new
scholarships for principal editors of the
Image and Spectrum magazines and
scholarship increases for SGA officers
ranging downward from a boost of
more than 100 per cent in the sum
paid to the SGA president.
Also, the congress took $2,000
from the Lecture and Concert
committee and gave it to the Concert
and Dance committee.
-'
The end of Wednesday night's
session, the joint session of the SGA
House and Senate voted to take 5 per
cen t of all organization's budget totals
and contribute the sum to a SGA
budget contingency fund. This move
was preceded by warm debate.
Norcutt told the SGA members that
t he $3,242 voted earlier for the
contingency fund would not cover
necessary requests and expenditures
during the year. The con tingency fund
is drawn upon by organizations which
go over their aIloted budgets, and also
by organizations which have not
submitted requests for funds from the
SGA.
Referring to the decision to slice off
5 per cent of the total, Brydon DeWitt,
student activities director, told the
SGA members, "I think the student
government is creating a situation
where student groups will have to
come back and ask for money from the
SGA contingency fund by taking 5 per
cent from them."
know where they wan t their budpta
cut so I can present these to the
provost."
The sum of $11,760, the largest
portion of the total budget went to the
Concert and Dance committee.
Originally, the SGA had approved a
$12,000 budget for the committee on
Sunday night. However, after hearing
the requests of WJRB, campus radio
station, WedneSday night, a motion
was passed to take $240 from the
Concert and Dance budget and allocate
it to WJRB.
In discussion of the needs of WJRB,
it was brought out that with the extra
$240, the station would be able to
(Continued on Page 4)
Dormitory
evacuated
esearch bureau plans
urse evaluation report
Norcutt told the congress, "Some
groups have said they can't possiblycut
their budget; bull, anyone can cut their
budget. There is no one on this budget
that cannot afford a 5 per cent cut."
When questioned later about the 5
per cent addition, Norcutt said, "the
budget committee will be able to to
review any further requests. Thus the
budget committee will have the
opportunity to make a decision on the
further needs of any organization."
Norcutt added, "The 5 per cent will be
cut where the groups feel it is most
appropriate. AU groups should let me
An overheated boiler caused an
evacuation of Monroe Terrace Tuesday
night. Twelve fire engines from six
companies answered the 7 p.m, alarm..
The girls assembled in Monroe Park
as firemen blocked traffic and searched
the basement. One of the fire captains
attributed the smoke and fumes to a
faulty smoke stack.
"While repairing the regular stack"
he explained, "another stack was set
up temporarily. The temporary one
was too short to remove the heat
effectively. It created a down draft
which caused smoke to back up in the
boiler room. "
A. McGowan , Psy4
head of the bureau, said
to be sold in Mayor April
was part of John NorcuU's
It will have comments on
courses and different aspects
those courses: number of exams in
!be class, outside reading, size of the
daIS, term papers. Also, the lype of
profcsror, his nervous habits-annyoing
or distracting, and how closely his
lectures follow the book
"Due to a very limiied number of
people working on the project, we
cannot have a preliminary study, so we
are holding a literature study in its
Pl~ce by writing to different
lIRIYenities and asking for pu blished
booklets and how they managed to
solve problenlS like distribution of
questionnaires to students.
"Many students don't bother to fill
them out, so those in charge of
distribution must account for the
questionnaires they distribu teo This is
difficult with such a small number of
workers" Kathi said.
Another problem faced by the
bureall is faculty opposition, she
explained. ''1be faculty has many good
reasons for its feelings. They feel the
evaluation could be pretty sarcastiC. It
ro11ld be misused. The bureau has sent
"In order to have valid surveys, the
questionnaires inust reach a certain
num ber of students and must be
returned by a certain time. This is
one of ou.r major problems. There are
about five students to distribute 2000
questionnaires.
Street widening idea
opposed by Senate
The Senate passed a motion
T~~ night urging students and
~dl~lInrstration to sign a petition
IDcJjca~ng disapproval of the proposed
Voidenrng of Harrison Street. .
During the discussion of the
IDOtion, members of the Senate
~re~sed the feeling that the proposed
'lridenrng .of the Itreet migh t affect the
CooatruCbon of the new art building.
Senator Frank Wasky supported the
IDOtron by saying, "Many of our
:dents gather at the Village and
leh'" and the widening of Harrison
Itreet Could Very caJlily put thelle
Cltabllshmenl. out of bu,incSl." !he House and Senate both look :UOn this week in electing members
p_ ser:e On the conltitution revision
-umJtIee.
The two members of the committee
elected from the House were Jay
Ma.ngan and Robert Davis. The Senate
elected Frank Wasky.
Linda DuTeil was also approved as a
member.at·large on the committee.
In conjunction with these
appointments, the president of the
SGA announced that the first meeting
of the constitu tional revi sions
committee will be December 2 at 8
p.m. in room 2-A of the Student
Center.
In other action Monday night, the
Hou se pa ssed • motion whi ch
instructed Steve Burns, Speaker of the
Hou se, to make th e necenary
arrangements and ex tend an invitation
to State Se n. Henry Howell, an
announ c ed ca ndidate f or th e
Democratic nomination for governor
(Con tinued on Page 4)
letters to the faculty, inviting it to
attend the meetings, but so far only
one professor has responded" Kathi
commented·
"At our last meeting, the professor
indicated that there was a lack of
communication between the faculty
and the bureau. The faculty and the
bureau didn't understand each others'
feelings about the course evaluation.
"He also pointed out that there
would be protection for the student
who filled out the questionnaire. If a
student gave his professor a poor
evaluation which the professor read,
the student might receive an 'I'" for the
semester. He would be protected by
leaving out any method of
identification.
"Many professors oppose the book
because they are afraid we will go
about the evaluation in a half· baked
way and that the purpose is for the
studenL~ to go around yelling 'student
power.' That is not so. Our purpose is
10 increase communication with the
professors. TIley will know if they are
coming across to the studcn ts."
''1be course evaluation has also bad
opposition in iL~ wording. Some
professors have been interviewed and
said that it sounded as if the students
were evaluating the professor. We
changed the name to 'course review,'
and this has not helped. TIle profcssors
interpret 'review' as 'evaluate,' so we
changed it back to evaluation. It's
useless to change the words. They end
up meaning the same.
"We really need support for our
project to be successful" Kathi said.
"We wan I to know faculty's feeUng
1I0W, not when we are ready to
publish. Student help is also badly
nCeded. Many studellis on campus do
not evell know we exist. We need their
support very much"
Meetings arc held each Tuesday at
2p.m_, in 2C of rhe Student ('enter.
Election of treasurer
slated December 6
Election of a new Student
Government Association Treasurer will
be held Friday, December 6, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. The special election
became necessary with the resignation
of Ernest Roane, former treasurer.
Frances McKibbon, chairman of the
vacation
next week
All nigh t classes are cancelled I
nex t week. Classes will not meet
because the Thanksgiving
holiday cuts Ule week in half,
and some of Ule Evening College
classes would meet the
equivalent of one week more
than others.
Day classes end at I p.m.
Wednesday for the hoUday.
Chalkley House and Rhoads
HaU will be open during the
Thanksgiving vacation to
accommodate Ulose who cannot
.go home.
Dornlitory students who are
going home must return to their
r esidence halls by the time
des ignated on their sign-out
cards.
All throe cafeterias will close
at 1I00n Wednesday and reopen
Sunday, December t, for dinner.
Cla.,ses will resume .t 8 a.m.
on Monday, December 2,
Board of EJections, said that the board
had set up certain rules concerning the
election.
All candidates must be full·time (at
least 12 semester hours) under·
graduate students at GAD of VCU.
Each candidate must have either a C
average from the previous semester or
an overall C average for his school
career.
Each candidate must present a
petition of 50 signatures of full· time,
under-graduate students of any class
and department registered at GAD of
VCU to the SGA office no later than
Tuesday, November 26, at 4 p.m.
Each petition is subject to
validation of each name and any
invalid signatures will void the entire
petition.
If the board deems it necessary to
void any petition, the candidate will
have 24 hours to replace invalid
signatures wiUI valid one .
Frances said that expenditures for
the election may not exceed S50 for
each candidate.
She added that expenditure fonns
must be completed and turned in to
Ule SGA office no later than ThuISday,
' December 5, by 4 p.m.
Each candidate must submit thlt-'e 8
x 10 photographs to rhe SGA office no
later th.n December 5, 4 p.m.
The chainnan of the board said tllat
no wri tlen campaigning in any form,
phnlcal material, or news media nre to
be posted, distributed, released or
broadcast before 8 a.m .. November 27.
(Continlled on Page 4)